Manchester City Ties Arsenal on Late Goal

By The Associated Press

Sept. 13, 2014

Martin Demichelis spared Manchester City from a second successive loss by heading in a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw at Arsenal in England’s Premier League on Saturday. After Sergio Agüero put defending champion City in front in the first half, Arsenal rallied behind midfielder Jack Wilshere, who sent scored past goalkeeper Joe Hart before setting up Alexis Sánchez for a volley in the 74th minute. But Aleksandar Kolarov’s corner was met with a powerful header by Demichelis in the 83rd at Emirates Stadium in north London. Arsenal remains unbeaten after four league matches but City is a point ahead in the standings.

Arsenal right back Mathieu Debuchy badly sprained an ankle in the game and it is unclear how long he will be sidelined. Manager Arsène Wenger says Debuchy’s injury “doesn’t look good” and more tests will be needed to determine its severity.

■ Chelsea’s Diego Costa raised his goal haul to seven in four matches with a hat trick against visiting Swansea. Chelsea’s 4-2 win was the team’s fourth win in four matches and ended Swansea’s perfect start to the Premier League season.

■ Liverpool fell, 1-0, to visiting Aston Villa. Tottenham Hotspur also conceded a goal late and drew, 2-2, at Sunderland.

■ Atlético Madrid won, 2-1, at Real Madrid in the Spanish league to take a small measure of revenge for its loss in the European Cup final last season to its crosstown rival. Real’s second straight loss left it 4 points behind Atlético, the defending La Liga champion, and 6 points behind Barcelona, which beat visiting Athletic Bilbao, 2-0.